Jackson Lewis Shareholder Punam Sarad will serve as a panelist at the Bay Area Employer 411: What You Need to Know About the New Laws on Equal Pay, Fair Scheduling and Slavery-Free Supply Chains Conference hosted by the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, Department of Labor/Women’s Bureau, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and American Association of University Women/San Francisco Branch. The panel will be followed by a roundtable discussion about the Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance and Retail Workers Bill of Rights.
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Los Angeles Associate Karen Eneas Presented with the National Bar Association’s 2015 40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates Award
National workplace law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. congratulates Los Angeles Associate Karen Eneas on receiving the National Bar Association’s 2015 40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates Award. These prestigious awards recognize the nation’s top attorneys under 40 who demonstrate a variety of achievements in areas such as innovation, vision, leadership and legal and community involvement.
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You’re Invited: The California Workplace Law Breakfast Series End of Year Update
Employers with operations in California – from established corporations to emerging and startup companies – face unique challenges. California law often sets the national trend with employment law developments predating changes across the country. Our biannual breakfast series consists of interactive seminars offered throughout the Golden State aimed at helping participants learn about the latest legal developments and explore ways they may avoid liability by developing preventive strategies. We encourage human resources executives and professionals, in-house counsel and chief executive officers to attend.
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Upcoming Event: San Francisco Formula Retail Worker Bill of Rights – Are You Safe?
San Francisco has added two ordinances with which employers must comply with beginning July 3, 2015. The San Francisco Formula Retail Labor Protections Ordinance* includes provisions which impact scheduling, on-call work, worker retention and time off for formula retail employees. Despite its name, the new law impacts many employers who are not in the retail industry including restaurants, movie theaters, fitness and gym facilities, financial services companies, spa, salon and massage establishments, and more. Join us to learn more about how the law impacts your business and best practices for ensuring compliance.
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Jackson Lewis to Sponsor the California Minority Counsel Program’s Annual Conference
Jackson Lewis is proud to once again be a sponsor of the California Minority Counsel Program’s 26h Annual Business Conference taking place in October 2015 in Los Angeles. We celebrate CMCP’s 26-years of leadership promoting diversity in the legal profession by providing attorneys of color with access and opportunity for business and professional development. For
Jackson Lewis’ Sacramento Office Named to the Sacramento Business Journal’s Top Litigation Law Firms List
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that the Sacramento office has been named on the Sacramento Business Journal’s Top Litigation Law Firms List. The list features the area’s most prominent law firms.
The list can be found here (subscription required).
Upcoming Seminar: Immigration at Work: How Executive Action and Immigration Reform Affects Employers
More than 11 million people live in the United States without legal immigration status. That represents potentially over 6% of our workforce. The immigration debate is no longer about whether the immigration system is broken, but how to fix it. As the President’s executive action is being implemented and Congress’s immigration reform measures are being
Governor Brown Appoints New Leaders to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
On December 29, 2014, Governor Edmond G. Brown announced the appointments of Kevin Kish as the new Director and Joan Keegan as the new Chief Deputy Director for the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). To view the original press release, click here.
Kish, 38, a Yale Law School grad and adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law School, has an active background in advocating for workers’ rights. Kish has been the director of the Employment Rights Project at Bet Tzedek Legal Services since 2008. Kish has taken a special interest in attempting to limit retaliation experienced by low-wage workers who file claims against their employers.
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Happy Holidays from Jackson Lewis
Rescheduled Event: Tomorrow and 1/6 in San Francisco
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In this session, our speakers will address the legislative and case law developments from 2014 and what you need to know in order to prepare for 2015. Private and public sector corporate decision-makers with employee relations responsibilities – HR executives and professionals, in-house counsel, |